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ASUS Striker Reviews

Based on NVIDIA’s latest 680i chipset, the Striker is ASUS’ premium offering. It is targeted at enthusiasts and hardcore gamers. The Striker impresses, with neat frills—like the embedded blue LEDs, and the illuminated On/Off, restart and CMOS reset buttons. The board is most at home inside a see-thru cabinet to be shown off at LAN parties and such. With all its six SATA ports facing outwards (as opposed to upwards), even a large graphics card won’t hamper the functionality of the ports. ASUS has gone the all-solid-capacitors way on this board, and the substantial-looking heatpipe solution (which does a good job) adds to the appeal the Striker exudes. You could have a problem trying to install large CPU heatsinks on this board because the heatpipe actually covers the CPU region completely. All the other connectors are very well laid
out. A 7.1 soundcard (PCIe x1 interface) is provided, which is necessary considering the packed-to-the-gills PCB. Below is a look at the Striker’s performance compared to Intel’s high-end 975X
platform. Despite the heavy feature set and the supreme build quality, at a price of Rs 28,700,
the Striker is an expensive proposition. Although the venerable nForce 680i chipset is a proven performer now, there are much cheaper options available for the platform.
Specifications:
nForce 680i chipset; LGA 775 Socket; supports Core 2 Duo and quad-core processors; six
SATA 2.0 ports; rear-panel LCD POST readout...

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